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Twitter post: 25/07/15
This image shows a tiled stairwell inside a Glasgow tenement building. The wall tiles are the focal point to the right of the image, with the staircase out of focus to the center left.
September 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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It’s #WorldPhotographyday! An excuse to share a few of my favourite images
from the archive.

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This image shows the interior stairwell of a Southside tenement in Glasgow. The walls are lined with glossy brown and decorative green relief ceramic wall tiles featuring a traditional wreath design. A high-angle, top-down view of a multi-story stairwell with decorative iron railings, framed in the foreground by green leaves and white flowers. Glasgow Southside. An image of a hand-painted window in a communal tenement stairwell in Glasgows Westend. It features a delicate design of flowers, birds, and insects. The image shows a multi-patterned ceramic tile panel set into a white and reddish-brown tiled wall inside a tenement close in Clydebank.
August 19, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Bsky post:19/08/26
A centralised floral panel, with dark green, mottled brown and chequered tiles bordering the central tile. An image of a Wally close entrance, with access to the stairwell in the distance.
August 19, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Bsky post: 02/07/26
Exposed metal piping on the landing of a tenement stairwell. There are two small barred windows, with blue gloss painted frames. The lower third of the image has a thick strip of the same blue paint, with a row of original Wally close tiles.
July 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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Bsky post: 26/05/26
View from the 2nd floor of a tenement stairwell. The window has a decorative textured glass, framing and blue starburst panels. You can see the side of a neighbouring tenement and a green bushy tree. There’s scaffolding at the end of the building. The sky is blue.
May 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Bsky post: 13/05/26
The image displays a classic tiled tenement stairwell landing. The floor features geometric patterns in yellow, red, and black. A dark brown bannister is visible, with white painted metal balusters holding it at hand hight.
May 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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Bsky post: 06/05/26
A stained glass window serves as a focal point. It features a nature design with a yellow/gold sunburst at the bottom, green leafy branches, and a small bird on the left, and butterfly on the right. The window sits in a tiled wall, with a section of wooden carved bannister in lower right side of the image.
May 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Bsky post: 13/02/26
February 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Bluesky post: 10/02/26
February 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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Popped into a stairwell to archive, and found this mini gallery on to top floor.

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Bluesky post: 23/01/26
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Bluesky post: 13/01/26
This is a a view from a traditional communal staircase, from the to floor facing down the stairwell. The bannister is traditional wood and metal design, with concrete grey stairs and landings and a red gloss paint from the floor to shoulder height on the walls.
January 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Bluesky post: 11/01/26
January 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Bluesky post: 04/01/26
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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This can include wally dugs (china dogs), and wallies (or false teeth). This, in itself, is derived from an older meaning of anything fancy, splendid or highly decorative.

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December 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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A fine example of a wally close in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. A wally close is a tiled a commununal stairwell a Glasgow tenement, with the word wally being a Scots word for anything made from ceramics or china.

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December 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Instagram post: 08/12/25
December 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Bsky post: 09/12/25
The image shows a view looking down a dark staircase with a curved balustrade. The stairs and mid wall are a gloss red, with the upper wall painted peach pink. The image captures the view looking up the same spiral staircase, highlighting its architectural features of the steps underside. At the top, a small clear skylight.
December 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Bsky post: 07/12/25
December 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Bsky post: 05/11/25
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Bsky post: 23/10/25
October 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Bsky post: 21/10/25
October 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Bsky post: 13/10/25
October 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Bsky post: 01/10/25
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Twitter post: 16/04/21
September 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Bsky post: 25/08/25
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM